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Archive Home > 2005 > October > 06 > Researchers see drop in hepatitis A infections

Researchers see drop in hepatitis A infections

Many credit new vaccine recommendation for decline

By Markian Hawryluk / The Bulletin
October 6, 2005

Rates of hepatitis A - both in Oregon and the United States - have dropped so dramatically after a 1997 vaccination recommendation that public health officials are wondering whether they have the disease on the ropes and ready for a knockout punch.

A study published this summer by the federal....

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